Masonic And General Tidings

MASONIC AND GENERAL TIDINGS

MAROATE S ; IA BATHING INFIRMARY . —On Monday last , at Margate , Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson , at ameeting of the governors of the Margate Royal Sea Bathing Infirmary , handed over the key of the magnificent new wing ol the Infirmary , to be named the Erasmus Wilson wing ,

which he has built at an estimated cost of over £ 30 , 000 . The new wing includes two large day-rooms and four dormitaries , each to contain sixteen beds , with a swimming bath capable of containing 15 , 000 gallons of sea water , and we believe a chapel . But perhaps our brother , the Grand Treasurer , can tell us .

A Provincial Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons of the Province of Berks and Oxon will be held under the banner of the Jersey Lodge , No . 257 , at Maidenhead , on Monday , the 2 nd of October next . A Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire will he held at the Public Hall , Wolverhampton-street , Dudley , on Wednesday , the 13 th inst ., at twelve a ' c ock at noon , under the presidency of Bro . Sir Edmund A . H . Lechmere , Bart ., M . P ., Provincial Grand Master .

Bro . William Piatt , a well known member of several of the Lodges and Chapters in South London , died on the 1 Sth inst ., at Walham Green , aged G 3 . His funeral took place at Brompton Cemetery , on the 24 th , and was attended by several brethren and companions of the respective lodges and chapters with which he had been associated for more than a quarter of a century . The last sad tribute of respect was paid to the departed Bro ., with all the usual accompaniments of Masonic sorrow and regret .

The meetings of the Islington Lodge of Instruction , No . 1471 , will be resumed on Tuesday , the 5 th inst ., at seven p . m ., at the Crown and Cushion Tavern , London Wall , under the direction of Bro . ] . L . Mather , P . P . G . D . C . Herts . At the National Hospital for Diseases of the Heart and Paralysis , Soho-square , the number of patients under treatment for the week ending August the 2 Gth , was 994 .

The Fifteen Sections will be worked in the Metropolitan Lodgeof Instruction , No . 1507 , on Monday , the nth inst ., at The Moorgate , 15 , Finsbury Pavement , E . G ., at seven p . m . precisely . Bros . R . Larchin , P . M ., 1541 , VV . M . ; VV . Martin , J . D ., 879 , S . W . ; F . VV . Sillis , 1 744 , I . W . First Lecture : First Section , Bro . G . W . Knight , D . C , ii 07 ; second , Bro . Rd . Knight , 733 ; third , Bro . W .

Dennison , W . M ., 1541 ; fourth , Bro . E . Abell , P . M ., 1599 ; fifth , Bro . C . ) . Fox , J . W ., 201 ; sixth , Bro . H . G . Gush , S . VV ., 1541 ; ' seventh , Bro . VV . C . Smith , I . C , 15 G 3 Second Lecture : First Section , Bro . F . VV . Sillis , D . C , 1744 ; second , Bro . J . Hemming , 12 S 7 ; third , Bro . R . P . Tate , P . M ., 862 ; fourth , Bro . Walter Martin , J . D ., S 79 ;

fifth , Bro . J . C . Smith , W . S ., 1744 . Third Lecture : First Section , Br > . VV . J . Burgess , P . M ., 1472 ; second , Bro . Edwin Storr , J . 11 ., 1 G 7 ; third , Bro . G . Emblin , 147 . No visitors fe e in this lodge . Bro . W . Beaumont Buer , No . 144 , is a candidate for a seat in the Court of Common Council for Bread Street Ward .

A richly-painted window , from the studio of Mr . Taylor , of Berners-street , has been presented to the Church of Omagh , Co . Tyrone , in memory of Bro . Francis John West , M . D ., by the brethren of Lodge 332 . The appropriate subject of " The Good Samaritan " occupies the centre of the window , and above and below it are the Masonic emblems , with rich surroundings , on a golden background .

Bro . Edmund Yates is staying at the Royal Pavilion Hotel , Folkestone . Mr . J . Spencer Balfour , M . P ., of the Fanmakers ' Company and City Liberal Club , has been re-elected a director of the Croydon Tramways Company . Sir Hardinge Giffard , Q . C , M . P ., renter warden of the Saddlers' Company , was one of the patrons of a bazaar held at Lifton , on VVednesday last , in aid of the parish church .

The ninth annual collection on behalf- of the Hospital Saturday Fund will take place in the course of the next few days , and this day ( Saturday ) has been fixed for the street collections , and upwards of 1000 stations have been arranged for , about that number of ladies having volunteered their services for the occasion .

An anonymous donor has given £ 1000 to the funds of the St . Andrew ' s Waterside Church Mission , to enable the Committee to extend the work of the mission amongst sailors and emigrants at Liverpool . Bro . the Rig ht Hon . the Lord Mayor has consented to open in State the Leather Trades Exhibition , on the 15 th inst .

Bro . T . F . Lucia , of thc Free Press , Bury St . Edmunds , has made a present of a large number of periodicals , & c , to the inmates of the Printers' Corporation Almshouses , VVood Green . Under the title of " Mysteres of Modern London , " Messrs Diprose and Bateman are issuing in volume form , the narratives told by "One of the Crowd " in the

Daily Telegraph . TRUSSES , KLASTIO IIAN-IMOES , ETC . —SEEI . KY ' HAKII RCIIIIER TRUSSES . —The world ' s recognition of unequalled excellence . Keccving the only award of merit granted for trusses at the late International Medical Exhibition , 1881 . Made in every desirable and latest improved pattern . fii , e steel springs , neatly covered wilh highly-polished hard rubber , li ^ ln , cool , c'lcinly ; unaffected by

time , ' use , or climate . Free from all S' . nr , rusty , chafing , or strapping unpleasantness . Used in bathing . Always reliable . The correct and skilful mechanical treatment of hernia or rupture e specialty . Under patronage of the world ' s most distinguished surgeons . Choice assortment of elastic surgical hosiery . Belts , improved suspensory bandages , shoulder braces . Establishments —74 , Fleet-street , London , ICC , and 1347 , Chestnut-street , Philadelphia , U . S . A . — IAIIVI- . I

Masonic And General Tidings

The publication of a curious collection of the London signs of booksellers , publishers , and printers up to the end of the seventeenth century is commenced in the current number of the Bibliographer . Bro . Pawley , Registrar of the Lord Mayor ' s Court , is spending his holiday in Wales .

Mr . Robert Ganthony ' s entertainment , entitled " Evenings from Home , " will be given at various towns by the author and his sister , Miss N . Ganthony , during a tour in the country . This entertainment was originally written for a charitable purpose , and performed at the Bethlehem Hospital before Alderman Sir F . VV . Truscott ( then Lord Mayor ) and Lady Truscott .

The annual sports in connection with the Gresham Amateur Athletic Club are fixed for to-day ( Saturday ) , in the grounds of the London Athletic Club , Stamford-bridge . Amongst those who have accepted invitations to attend the Cutlers' Feast , at Sheffield , on Thursday , the 7 th inst ., are Bro . the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Sir R . Hanson , and Sheriff Sir W . A . Ogg .

Bro . John Lane was on the 22 nd ult . installed VV . M . of the Jordan Lodge , No . 1402 , at the Masonic Hall , Torquay . Bro . Alderman Fowler , M . P ., has left town on a tour in Austria and Poland , but hopes to return to

discharge his duties as sitting magistrate at Guildhall on Monday , ' the 25 th inst . Bro . Captain Bedford Pirn has received and read a letter from the Bishop of Ontario to the British Association , urging the claims of Canada for the Association ' s next visit .

Bro . Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay s wife gave birth to a son at Fulmer-place , Slough , on the 20 th ult ., and her relative , the wife of Bro . the Marquis of Tweeddale , to a daughter , at Foot ' s Cray-place , who only survived her birth a few hours .

Bro . Sir Frederick Leighton , t . R . A ., and Bro . Henry Irving are amongst those who have j ' oined the Longfellow Memorial Committee for erecting a statue or bust in Westminster Abbey in memory of the great poet . H . R . M . the Prince of Wales , who is at present taking the waters at Homburg , dined on the terrace with the D . P . G . M . last week .

Bro . Dr . Richardson and Bro . Sir W . W . Wynn , M . P ., took part in the late Welsh National Eisteddfod . Bro . the Karl of Lathom , with his daughter , Lady Marian Boode Wilbraham , were amongst those at the bath at Homburg . Lady Wolseley , wife of Sir Garnet , is staying at this fashionable watering place .

H R . H . the Prince of Wales telegraphed to Addington Park on Monday , enquiring after the health of the Primate . Mr . Ralph . B . Knox , C . B ., the present Accountant-General in the War Office , though promoted by Air . Childers , was held in the highest esteem by the late Secretary for War , Bro . Col . Stanley .

The Lord Mayor has been staying for a time at Byfleet , his seat near Chertsey . The Whitehall Review has entered upon a new era . Instead of the crayon portraits of leaders of society which we have had for three years or more , last week a p hotograph of Lady Isabella Schuster was published to inaugurate the new departure . VVe are promised likenesses

by photography of the Countess of Bective , wife of V . W . the P . G . M . of Cumberland and Westmoreland , Bro . the Duke of Manchester's daughter-in-law , Lady Mandeville , H . R . H . the Prince and Princess of Wales and Princess Beatrice , Madame Marie Mapleson , wife of Bro . Colonel Mapleson , Sir Thomas Brassey ' s lady , Mrs . Langtry , Lady Monckton , and many others . Lady Monckton ,

besides being the wife of our distinguished brother , may fairly be ranked amongst the < Slitc of society , and she is also well known as a distinguished amateur actress . Lady Monckton . with Sir Charles and Lady Young , have often rep lenished the coffers of hospitals and other charitable institutions , lt was with these amateurs we have spoken

of , Mrs . Langtry first made her d < 5 but on the stage , and then decided to take it up professionally . The royal portraits will be by Bro . Bassano , of Old Bond-street . The Princess of Wales , the leader of society , will we believe appear in costume as at a ball lately given at Marlborough House . The proprietors of the Whitehall promise occasionally panel portraits .

Bro . Colonel Redvers Buller , V . C ., whose name will long be connected with the Zulu campaign , was married a fortnight ago . Colonel Owen Lanyon , who distinguished himself also in the same war , was married just lately to Miss Leogh Lawson , daughter of the proprietor of the Dai y Telegraph . He joined Sir Garnet Wolseley ' s staff in Egypt a few days after his marriage . Colonel Buller has also gone to the seat of war .

Bro . Major-General the Duke of Connaught is spoken of in all dispatches and by correspondents as looking every inch a soldier in Egypt . He stands the climate well , and has let his beard grow . Bro . Sir Thomas Brassey , and Bro . the Lord Mayor , have accepted invitations to the Cutler ' s Feast at Sheffield . Bro . Lord Wharncliffe has written to say he will be absent at the time from England .

DOCTORS PRESCRIPTIONS . — Ihe advance of medical science has necessitated great variations in most modern prescriptions . Some remedies , notably those for the various phases of skin disease , are prescribed as they were a quarter of a century ago , the favourite remedy being still SAPO CARBON'IS DKTERGENS , WRIGHT'S . These words should appear on every tablet and wrapper of Wright ' s Coal Tar Soap purchased or prescribed .

Bros . Bedford Lemere , and Co ., ( Architectural Photographers to the Queen ) , 147 , Strand , London , attend Masonic Gatherings , Wedding Parties and Social Reunions , and execute every description of Out-door Photography with promptitude , in first style and at moderate cost . A large collection of photographs on view and sale . Catalogues and printed terms free by post . —[ ADVT . ]

Masonic And General Tidings

1 he Bishop oi Bedford has consecrated a Church at Pontresina for the Bishop of London , built mainly at the cost of Mrs . Bancroft . Bro . and Mrs . Bancroft on several occasions have given performances for the building fund . Princess Christian has worked and presented the altar cloth . Bro . and Mrs . Bancroft , and likewise Bros . Irving and Toole , continually give their services for some

charitable or religious object . Bro . Lord and Lady Carnarvon latel y entertained some hundreds of poor children at Hi ghclere Castle . The Earl and Countess , with Lord Porchester and Lady Winifred Herbert , waited on the little guests . Since their recent honours , and before they go out of office , some of our readers may like to possess

themselves of the portraits of our worthy Bro . the Lord Mayor , G . J . W . ; Bro . Alderman and Sheriff Sir Reginald Hanson , and Sheriff Sir Wm . Anderson Ogg . Bro . Alderman Nottage ' s establishment , the Stereoscopic Company , are publishing photographs of these gentlemen in their robes of office and Court suit . The Lord Mayor has been taken in the rich gold-laced gown he dons over the velvet Court

dress on rare and State occasions only . Sir Reginald Hanson has been taken in various positions , one of the best being a full length , showing his nether garments and silk stockings and buckle shoes . He told us lately that his colleague has several times had the first letter of his name given him , making him " Hogg , " whilehehas been termed '" Anson . "

A very exciting cricket match was commenced on Monday and terminated on Tuesday last , at the Oval , between the Australians and an eleven of England , which resulted in favour of the Australians by seven runs . Bro . Lord Arthur Hill has built a fine house at Westgate-on-Sea in one of the best positions , and resides there for many months in the year . Lady Downshire , his mother , is now staying with him and Lady Arthur , and it is her favourite residence .

An intended compliment was last week paid by Her Majesty to the Marine forces employed in Egypt . The Colonel-Commandants of Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marine Light Infantry at Portsmouth were honoured by being included in the Royal dinner-party ; and the Queen is understood to have expressed to them her appreciation of the valuable services rendered by our seamen-soldiers in the East .

At the National Welsh F . isteddfod , the prize of twenty guineas , with gold medal , for the best elegy on President Garfield , went to Mr . D . R . Williams , of Oueen Victoria-street . Mr . Lewis Morris , Chairman of the Cymmrodorian Society , took part in the proceedings . — Citv Press .

Bros . H . Irving and J . Toole have been passing their holiday at Whitby and Scarborough . Bro . Sir Erasmus Wilson has built a house for himself , one of the best in the town of Westgate-on-Sea . The richest man in Spain , the Marquis de

Manzanedo , Due de Santona , died last week , and left behind him a tremendous fortune for a Spaniard , viz ., four million sterling . Like some dukes in England , his property had been acquired by judicious purchases of land in the capital ; and the Santona possessions in Madrid were enormous , and embraced nearly the whole of the fashionable quarters .

The Queen proceeds straight to Balmoral with out breaking her journey by a visit to Drumlanrig , as wa reported , on account of the mutual anxiety which Her Majesty and the Duchess of Connaught feel for the earliest news from Egypt , and the Queen will not leave the Duchess at the critical moment when important despatches are expected .

The Duke of Albany has been suffering so severel y for some time past that he has been unable . to leave his room , and the Duchess has made a few excursions in the Royal steam-launch in and about the Solent , but is never long absent from her husband .

A Mr . Evans of Bristol says that he has swum from Portsmouth to Ryde ; and the local club for the encouragement of natation having offered to award him a gold medal if he accomplishes the feat under propersupervision . The attempt was to have been made last week , but could

not owing to the rough weather , and has been postponed till the 7 th inst . The difficulty will be rather in the powerful currents to be encountered than in the actual distance to be covered ; but if Mr . Evans is drifted to any part of the Isle of Wight he will receive a silver medal .

According to Know / edge , the measurements of the winter movement of a large glacier in Greenland ( the Fjord of Jacobshavn ) have been recently made by Herr Hammer , and on comparing them with the summer observations made in 1 S 75 by Herr Helland , it appears that the velocity is much the same in summer and winter , about fifty feet in the middle of the glacier , where it is the greatest , in twenty-four hours , being the rate represented .

The same authority states that a man in Rome , Georgia , U . S . A ., has been experimenting on extracting sugar from water melons , and has discovered that they yield about seven per cent , of saccharine matter , or pure sugar . Professor Caylcy has been elected president for

the British Association for next year , when the meeting will be held at Southport , and the General Committee , by a majority of fifty-three to thirty-nine , decided to hold the meeting of 1 SS 4 in Montreal , an invitation from the Marquis of Lome to do so having been announced by Dr . Siemens on the opening day .

Bro . G . Davis , Preceptor , Earl of Carnarvon Lodge of Instruction , will preside at the Hyde Park Lodge of Instruction , held at The Westbourne , Craven-road , Paddington , VV ., on the 4 th inst . The ceremony of raising will be rehearsed . Lodge opens at eight o'clock .

GREAT J EWEL ROIIURI « S . —The public are becoming so accust . iinc'i to reading reports of jewel robberies that numbers of the nobility are taking steps 10 secure their valuables from the attack of the modem burglar , and the demand for Milners ' jewellery Safes i » largely on the increase . These are made to lit in cabinets to suit any kind of woodand are Ihe best and

, cheapest safeguard again-t lire nndthiives . Milner ' s Safe Company ( Limit d ) , 28 , l- 'inshury Pavement , K . C ., have some hundreds of testimonials from gentlemen who have Milner's jewellers Safes intheirpossession . andin no instance have burglars succeeded in opening them . Safes are made specially for Masonic Jewellery , Records , & c .